Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-02


eomuersial supremacy Of this city,
From fas G0peYHgr's Repors 70 ne Seer.
tarF Of The Tstertor Department..
Much Of the lumber trade Of %
SQUAD eentsFs 81 Seattle. n
question u seems 70 outsidefB can b
raised 70 the superior natural edvan
taRss Of Seattle. = Balfimors Sun.
IL wOnld b odd IL there wese nos b
erow up On this vast Pagst Sound . cit
Of . quarter Of q nillion inhabitants
Seattle has The site for u. and hsE con
meEes will lie literally 81 her fest, an
will come 10 her from ell quarters o
the world. From he shores Of Ellio
Bay TO those Of Lake WashinRton thef
is { handsome exient % land While
seem predestined ~ . city sita.-Bos
fea youvnai.
seattle is veil built, has many I'm
business blocks end costly residences
and 10 rich 10 all the resources that q
20 make 3 prosperous commercial me
tropolis. as it Il Il has no rive
In Washinetsa worthy Of the name, IN.
In push and energy lie eitixsns havs n
superioFs on tbs coast regoafan, Port
land, Or.
A brief stady Of her industries ana
resources invariably results IN the feel
inG Of surprise giving way 10 ane Of en-,
thusiasm and euBfdsnoe In the bright
future 10 store for the Queen City
There 10 scarcely q branch Of manufac
turing which is Il al adapted 70 the con
ditions and resources Of the Puget Sounl
region which will not ind Seattle I
superior location. Shipbaiidina IL a
/ industry for which Seattle II peculiarly
adapted. - West Shore, Portland, Or
Town property is purchased for busi
mess or residences purposes By nss
corners, While large purchases are madG
for investment. The rapid and sub
stantial growth Of the city has rendered
all saeh investments highly pEo6tabie
The city is spreading out With wonder
fol Fnpidtty, adding greatly 10 the value
1t outlying property, much Of which
was laid OF In additions last year, sold
and built upon.-Wsst SAOrs, Portland
Oregon.
when u Is refleesed that CaIiforkis
produces more than one-hfth Of the
wheat expsFts, that 20 do this with an
area Of not more than 100000 acres
planted in wheat, that Washington and
OreRsL have three times - many acres
better adapted TO wheat than ours.
We learn from an understand
ing Of the future agricultural possibili-
ties Of oar northern netRhbofs. whose
resources In coal, iron and lumber are
even greater than Ia the cereals. Given
a shipping terminus on the deep waters
Of Puget SoaBd, IL needs no prophetic
mind to foresee the creation Of a Oity
there which will reach the magnitude
Of our own within the present century
within fifteen years.. There is nothing
astounding IN this hopeful forecast OF
events, b airing IN mind the grown OF
other American towns from q trade not
a. extensive as that watch may be rea.
sonabiy reokonsd upon in the North Pa
eihe regiou.--San Francisco Chroaiels.
Lanes OF large ocean steamers viii
soon be placed on the route between the
Sound and the leading ports OF Asia,
and Deg avenue of commerce will Be
opened up. When 20 this are added the
enormous shipments Of grain. q l0r AZ d
other products OF the finland Empire
east of the mountains, only waiting for
the esmpietion Of the railroad across
the Cascades, 10 will Le seen what
gigantic proportions the commeFoe 81
SEATTLE must assume in a few years
West SHORE, Portland, or.
And We may fairly apprehend. TOO,
that when GOAL, iron, lamoer and tim
bsr are 30 abundant and cheap, the
building Of steamships and sailing YES
sela viii Become a new and very con
siderable industry. As soan as capital
learns that vessels of wood and iron
can be az oheaply made on Puget sound
AZ on the Delaware or the Penobsoot or
the Clyde. --SaH Francisco Chr0Hicle.
Hon. John sherman. Who has spent
more yeAFs In the Senate Of the United
States than any ether living American
eitizsn, said; No mao Who takes the
tron6l TO think can doubt that Seattle
will Become great city. lt 10 no idle
boast 90 say that Puget Sound 10 the
n,ost magnificent body Of water seen N
All geography. No stranger can oome
10 this FAR Northwestern land Of won
ders without admiriug and pFaisins this
magnificent body Of water, suitable
haroor for all the hi.ping in the world.
Seattle has advantages that Kansas
City, Portland aud the other eitiss
have mentioned did not enjoy. In
the bowels Of the earth. 10 your fmme
diate vloinity. and directly tributary "a
your city, airs rich deposits Of coal.
iron, oopper and other miuerala. far
richer than the beautiful for, sts which
cover the face 1t your coaHtry, Aad
Which furnish Timber for baiidinR ships
and houses ! say the Nealth Of gouF
iumoer sinks into insienihcanoe com
pared With the wealth Of your coal
helds. whioh equal in extent those Of
Pennsylvania aud Ohio. and are more
valuable, because the communities and
sections OF eonntry all about you are
crying cat fer coal, and furnishing you
an endless market fog the produef Of
ySuF mtnee. | understand you have in
yonr immediate vicinity iron ere, Hme
and eoai--the three requisites for the
manafaetnFs Of Pie iron, the backbone
of commerce. Next 10 coal, ria iron "a
ahe most valuable product a country can
have. From pia iren ell sorts Of ma
shtnegy can - manufactured. Yoa
ave net only q beautiful loeAtion for
city. bat yoa have all these natural
advantages which, Developed, wiil bald
yoa Ups
Charles Francis Adams. Jr.. President
OF The great Union PsciGc Railway sys-
TEN, says; To-day we are face 10 face
Stth Seattle, and 10 seems we have naet
10 Der The rising yoans giant OF the new
eiviiiH tiiou. In coming here we passed
ever = body Of vateg ne surpassed on ths
face Of tae planet. We have seen yoag
possibilities, AHd have been tola OF TIE
htddea wealth IN yoaF mountains, sur.
passing the wealth Of the ladies'. and
yst, - far - l gas cNnosFnsd, the
tAoaght that came over me was not that
Of uencer. Hers yea have. wing D.
fore yea, one OF the noblesa harbars in
tie world, behind yos mountains riah
IN iumhsr and 1irerAl@, q elinasa une-
qaalled. ard a snil whieh wiIl prodpcs
al manner Of ftuits and vegetables.
Go ossk with ne 10 Nsu Englapd.
when u had been settled only thiFty Eve
years. say In f6ssA What we're her Al
vAntaEes a. compared With yours
We had . poor sa1i and rigorous climate.
and bad hui two reaoarcaa--rosk and
toe. nstthsr o. whisA had hesn faliy DE-
Velope1. fiAhexies we're the scarce Of
eas wealth. bas chat Did car aaAsrias
smoaRs 10 compared vita ysurSf ThiF.
~ nvs years b 3 shcFt tine. That lanVth
Of time pAasea in Nsu EnRlAn8, and
oar ladian trsabiea bad net ended
Not enc man Ia Neu EnglAnd agsar I've
centuries had passed AAa aesauuiased
A. naaeh wealth - sone 81 yeuF sflinrns
bare Stand here a. e reprs sentative
81 che az the leading railroad eorpar
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